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Spanish Stress Assignment within the Analogical Modeling of Language.
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Eddington, David – Language, 2000
Shows that for the database in this study, analogy correctly assigns Spanish stress in 94% of the instances and is able to thresh out significant sub-patterns in Spanish stress placement without resorting to rules or schemas. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Databases, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Spanish
Possible and Impossible Segments.
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Walker, Rachel; Pullum, Geoffrey K. – Language, 1999
Examines the relationship between phonetic possibility and phonological permissibility of segment types. Specific focus is on whether there are any phonetically impossible segments phonologically permissible, and whether there are any phonetically possible segments phonologically impermissable. Examines the case of nasality spreading in Sudanese…
Descriptors: African Languages, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency